Guest guest Posted May 22, 2003 Report Share Posted May 22, 2003 --- Mohan Gupta <mgupta wrote: > "Mohan Gupta" <mgupta > "a4India\"" <info > Witch hunt of Hindus by English Media of > Bharat > Sun, 18 May 2003 23:36:42 -0400 > > Witch hunt of Hindus by English Media of Bharat > > There has been a relentless witch-hunt, the > likes of which we have never seen before; a witch > hunt orchestrated by the major English newspapers of > Bharat in cahoots with the opposing political > parties and so called secular groups; a witch hunt > that knows no logic and sees no reason; a witch hunt > so consumed by a blind hatred for the Hindus and BJP > (Bharatiya Janata Party) that fraud and deceit are > considered appropriate weapons in this mad orgy; a > witch hunt in which even national interest is of no > concern. > > Bharatiya media people err by misrepresenting, > fabricating or otherwise falsifying information, By > their such act the foundations of readers, viewers, > listeners trust and confidence is immediately > imperilled. There have been examples of journalistic > malfeasance over the last many years that have > raised questions about the paucity of courses on > ethics and journalism, the maniacal culture of > anti-Hinduism, anti-Bharat and pro-Semitic > religions. Beginning in the late 90s, Bharatiya > newspapers reported on a rash of so called > anti-Christian incidents perpetrated supposedly by > Hindu extremists. Close scrutiny, however, revealed > that these incidents were deliberate falsehoods > spread by vested interests to further their > political agenda. > > Take for example the incident in Jhabua, MP, in > which four nuns were brutally raped. Even before any > details of this crime were available, the major > English, communist and secular newspapers of Bharat > had conducted trial, established the criminal guilt > of the Hindu extremists and communicated this > message to the country and whole world at large by > splashing this news across their front pages. > > It was finally left to Francois Gautier, the > correspondent in South Asia for Le Figaro, France's > largest circulation newspaper, who personally went > to Jhabua, to unearth the truth. This is what he > wrote in the Hindustan Times (Feb 1, 1999). "This > massive outcry on the atrocities against the > minorities raises doubts about the quality and > integrity of Bharatiya journalism. Take for > instance, the rape of four nuns in Jhabua. Today the > Indian press (and the foreign correspondents) are > still reporting that it was a religious rape. Yet I > went to Jhabua and met the four adorable nuns, who > themselves admitted, along with their Bishop George > Anatil, that it had nothing to do with the religion. > It was the doing of a gang of Bhil tribals, known to > perpetrate these kind of hateful acts on their own > women. Yet today, the Indian press, the Christian > hierarchy and the politicians continue to include > the Jhabua rape in the list of the atrocities > against the Christians by Hindu fundamentalist > groups. > > About another incident that occurred in Kerala > province, Francois Gautier wrote, "In Wyanad in > northern Kerala, it was reported that a priest and > four women were beaten up and a Bible was stolen by > fanatical Hindus. A FIR was lodged, the communists > took out processions all over Kerala to protest > against the atrocities and the Press went gaga. Yet > as an intrepid reporter from the Calicut office of > The Indian Express found out, nobody was beaten up > and the Bible was safe. Too late, the damage was > done and this lie still is being made use of by the > enemies of India." > > The reporting of events about Gujarat is another > example of hyperbole, which is all malicious > dissemination of falsehoods. Writing about the > Gujarat riots, Arundhati Roy had this to say > (Outlook, May 2002). > > "A man surrounded the house of ex-Congress MP > Iqbal Ehsan Jaffri. His phone calls to the director > general of police, the police commissioner, the > chief secretary, the additional chief secretary > (Home) were ignored. The mobile police vans around > his house did not intervene. The mob broke into his > house. They stripped his daughters and burnt them > alive. Then they beheaded Jaffri and dismembered > him." > > The description is graphic, the veracity of > incident taken almost for granted coming from a > writer of Arundhati Roy's reputation. But alas, > that's where we make mistake. Fame and honesty are > not inter linked as the following paragraph clearly > indicates. > > Jaffri was killed in the riots but his daughters > were neither stripped nor 'burnt alive'. T.A. > Jaffri, son of Iqbal Ehsan Jaffri in a front page > interview titled 'Nobody knew my father's house was > the Target' (Asian Age, May 2,2002, Delhi edition) > says, "among my brothers and sisters, I am the only > one living in India. And I am the eldest in the > family. My sister and brother live in the US. I am > 40 years old and I have been and brought up in > Ahmedabad." > > So if Ehsan Jaffri had only one daughter > (singular) who was safe and sound in US, from where > did Roy get her facts about not one, but daughters > (plural) being stripped and burnt? Was it the fancy > of a writer's mind? Or was it wilful deceit aimed at > maligning her ideological adversaries? > > Even in States a reporter Jayson Blair 27, has > been exposed who, "misled readers and Times > colleagues with dispatches that purported to be from > Maryland, Texas and other states, when often he was > far away, in New-York. He fabricated comments. He > concocted scenes. He stole material from other > newspapers and wire services. He selected details > from photographs to create the impression he had > been somewhere or seen someone, when he had not. > > A news item from New-York > > A dog went wild and attacked a young boy in > Central Park, New York. A man was able to grab the > dog by the neck, pulling it off the boy and choking > it to death. A reporter from the NY Times calls the > man to interview him, congratulating him on his act > of heroism. He suggests the head line: "New Yorker > saves the life of a young boy!" But the man tells > him: I am not from NY." Ok, then how about: > "American hero saves the day". "But", the man told > him, "I am not American.Then, from where are you > from?" asked the reporter. "I am from India," the > man replied. The next day the head lines which > appeared in NY, read: "Hindu fundamentalist > strangles dog in Central Park. FBI investigating > possible links to fascist Hindu organisations." > > Mr. Tunku Varaddarajan is deputy editor of > features section of 'The Wall Street journal'. He > has had got several publications in the New York > Times which are all against Hindus and Hindu > orgainsations. Those kinds of writing create hatred > and poison among the minds of American peoples > against Hindus and Bharat. > > Christopher Jaffrelot, the man is most > responsible for the bad image of India in France (he > is the world specialist on "Hindu fundamentalism", > something which does not even exist. Why many > western media people are against Bharat and Hindus?) > > The Congress party of India had divided India > along caste and religious lines to survive in power; > India's minorities had taken advantage of a secular > Government by getting more privileges than the > majority community; Hindus are probably the most > tolerant people in the world, not only accepting > that God manifests Himself as Krishna, but also as > Christ, Buddha, or even Mohammed; Hindus have > ironically been the target of one of the most > horrible genocides ever perpetrated upon mankind in > the name of religion. Even today Hindus are falling > prey to jihadis: Witness the ethnic cleansing of the > Kashmiri Pandits, far more horrible than the one of > the Bosnians; Hindus have given shelter to all > persecuted minorities in the world: Syrian > Christians, Armenians, Parses, Jews, in history, and > the Tibetans today. > > Hindus, who have such a long tradition of > tolerance, gentleness, spirituality and hospitality, > needed a Government which reflected these qualities; > not the successive governments which have come in > since Independence, and have divided India along > caste and religious lines, instituted corruption, > provincialism, stateism and bureaucracy. > > Blind adherence to any ideology whether it is > Hindutva or anti-Hindutva will lead Bharat and > Hindus nowhere. Truth, honesty and justice must > surmount all ideologies. Double standards and > hypocrisy especially the type practised by Bharat's > so called eminent personalities will only destroy > Bharat's democracy and society. Truth must be the > basis of any ideology. Truth and honesty must be the > foundations of Bharat's society. > > It is due to English press of Bharat that India > /Bharat has a bad image in the whole world. It is > only when the Indian English language press will > become a little less negative, a little more proud > of its roots, then the Western correspondents will > be positively influenced. Because the first input > they get when they open an Indian English language > newspaper or switch on television, news is negative > about India: Everything is hopeless about this > country, when India is a much better bet for the > Western world than totalitarian China, or Islamic > Pakistan. > > What do these incidents suggest? The so-called > secular groups (or more appropriately labelled > pseudo-secular) are willing to go any lengths to put > across their point of view, even it involves > duplicity, spreading lies or half-truths or > indulging in hyperbole. How one can believe people > or the philosophy they espouse when trickery is an > indispensable item in their mode of communication? > Or in other words can an ideology that requires the > crutches of deceit and distortion sustain itself. > > The lies created by English press of India > appear to be calculated machinations aimed at > achieving a specific goal of tarnishing and > destroying Hindu society. > > Christian and Muslims know how they can spoil > Hindu religion and therefore they invest a lot of > money in media and they hire Hindu writers to write > against Hindus. If a Hindu writes against a Muslim > openly then we know what happens in India. All > Christian missionaries are the products of Kerala > and they control most of the Newspapers and > Magazines in Kerala, Malayala Manorama, The Week, > Mangaglam, Deepika etc. Revenue in the Mosques and > Churches are being utilized for conversion and > spreading hatred against Hindus. Hindus are not > aware of what is happening around them. If the > current trend goes on then Hindus will be minority > within a short period. Some media people like Dilip > D'Souza are slave forever and ever to the Christian > nation and a disgrace to our Motherland Bharat! > > It is shame on Bharatiya media people who give > worldwide coverage to false and anti-Hindu, and > anti-Bharat news. Even Los Angel Times has got > better idea what is happening in Bharat and what is > true news. > > - > > "Los Angeles Times Website" > <latfeedback > > "mohan gupta " <mgupta > > Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:13 PM > > English Media people in Bharat are crazy > people (Ticket# 04272003T40100003:AR0003) > > Greetings, > > > > We appreciate you writing. > > > > Our Los Angeles Times editors and reporters in the > U.S. and in our foreign > > bureaus all over the world have access to many, > many resources and > > publications so they are privy to news events > happening throughout the > > world before they are even usually published. > > > > They probably know about the events you've > mentioned but thanks for sharing > > anyway. > > > > Take care, and thanks for reading the Los Angeles > Times. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > James Bigelow > > latimes.com > > > It seems American papers have more true picture > of situation in Bharat than the Bharatiya English > and secular papers. Looking at the anti-Hindu, > anti-Bharat behavior of secular, pseudo-secular > papers of Bharat, it seems the publishers and > editors have no integrity at all, which matters > greatly in media field. Bharatiya media people not > utterly lack the ethics of journalism and morality; > they lack their duty to the Bharatiya nation and to > its readers. Bharatiya media people have sold their > souls to devils or are possessed by devils. > Bharatiya media people, especially English, secular, > pseudo-secular and communists media are devil > incarnate from Bharatiya and Hindutva point of view, > > These secular and pseudo-secular papers, which > are mostly English papers be burnt and removed > forever from Bharat. Along with secular papers some > other kind of media people like Hindi films and TV > producers, who give cast of Hindi films and Hindi TV > programs in English be burnt alive. All sorts of > media people who put filth in Hindi in the form of > English and Urdu words should be put out of > business. There are very rich Hindus in Bharat. > These rich and patriotic people should start new > papers and TV channels, which should give unbiased, > ethical and pro-Hindu news and views and should use > pure Sanskritnist Hindi free from Urdu and English > words.. > > George Thundiparambil, from Germany has written > in the article "The Source of Bias against Hindus" > (April 09, 2003) The Indian ethos is characterized > by an ability to accept you just the way you are. > That is why every faith and sect has found a home in > Indian soil. There is a need to foster a positive > image of India and of the Hindu culture (not merely > the faith) which underlies the Indian's ability to > accept even the stranger as family. > > > > The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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